cúirtiúil

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Irish

Etymology

From cúirt (“court”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

cúirtiúil (genitive singular masculine cúirtiúil, genitive singular feminine cúirtiúla, plural cúirtiúla, comparative cúirtiúla)

  1. courtly

Declension

Declension of cúirtiúil
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative cúirtiúil chúirtiúil cúirtiúla;
chúirtiúla2
vocative chúirtiúil cúirtiúla
genitive cúirtiúla cúirtiúla cúirtiúil
dative cúirtiúil;
chúirtiúil1 		chúirtiúil cúirtiúla;
chúirtiúla2
Comparative níos cúirtiúla
Superlative is cúirtiúla

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of cúirtiúil
radical lenition eclipsis
cúirtiúil chúirtiúil gcúirtiúil

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

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